Note: Use a desktop computer if possible. Mobile devices can confuse the software.
Save confirmed orientation on desktop before uploading. Sideways photos can't be corrected after uploading, they have to be deleted and "start over."
1. Initiate "Post New Thread" or "Reply to Thread"
2. Scroll down beneath the message block to "Manage Attachments"
3. Select "Add Files" to choose a new photo from your computer.
4. Select "Select File".
5. Double click on the chosen photo. Its name will appear in the "File Upload Manager" pane.
6. Select "Upload File." Repeat for as many as five photos per message. Photos can be repositioned in the Editing Pane by dragging. When satisfied, select "Done."
To remove photos from a post, or substitute them, return to the File Upload Manager. Check the photo displayed and delete it.
The value of the forum photo system is that the site hosts its own pictures--permanently. There are no "dead" photo links after a few years, a shortcoming of colleague sites.
Troubleshooting:
Many uploading issues--sideways pix, pix too large--result from the use of photo-collection organizers like Picasa, which are designed to leave the original photo unchanged. Therefore, "Save" or "Save As" after editing any photo, or the uncorrected original may upload.
A simple way to confirm that the correct photo version uploads is to save it to the desktop and upload from there.
Regarding size: the measurement is in pixels, not KB. For example, 717 x 553. The larger number must be 800 or less. Re-sizing should be easy but can be confounding. In Picasa 3, "resize" is hidden within the Exporting function. In Windows Live Photo Gallery it's Edit/Resize. In iPhoto it's File/Export/Resize.
Save confirmed orientation on desktop before uploading. Sideways photos can't be corrected after uploading, they have to be deleted and "start over."
1. Initiate "Post New Thread" or "Reply to Thread"
2. Scroll down beneath the message block to "Manage Attachments"
3. Select "Add Files" to choose a new photo from your computer.
4. Select "Select File".
5. Double click on the chosen photo. Its name will appear in the "File Upload Manager" pane.
6. Select "Upload File." Repeat for as many as five photos per message. Photos can be repositioned in the Editing Pane by dragging. When satisfied, select "Done."
To remove photos from a post, or substitute them, return to the File Upload Manager. Check the photo displayed and delete it.
The value of the forum photo system is that the site hosts its own pictures--permanently. There are no "dead" photo links after a few years, a shortcoming of colleague sites.
Troubleshooting:
Many uploading issues--sideways pix, pix too large--result from the use of photo-collection organizers like Picasa, which are designed to leave the original photo unchanged. Therefore, "Save" or "Save As" after editing any photo, or the uncorrected original may upload.
A simple way to confirm that the correct photo version uploads is to save it to the desktop and upload from there.
Regarding size: the measurement is in pixels, not KB. For example, 717 x 553. The larger number must be 800 or less. Re-sizing should be easy but can be confounding. In Picasa 3, "resize" is hidden within the Exporting function. In Windows Live Photo Gallery it's Edit/Resize. In iPhoto it's File/Export/Resize.
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